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Debian DSA-3049-1 : wireshark - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78449

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for RTP, MEGACO, Netflow, RTSP, SES and Sniffer, which could result in denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the wireshark packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.2-5wheezy12.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/wireshark

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3049

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78449

File Name: debian_DSA-3049.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/15/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-6422, CVE-2014-6423, CVE-2014-6424, CVE-2014-6427, CVE-2014-6428, CVE-2014-6429, CVE-2014-6430, CVE-2014-6431, CVE-2014-6432

BID: 69853, 69856, 69857, 69858, 69859, 69860, 69861, 69862, 69865

DSA: 3049